(1) All pharmacies involved in the transactions pursuant to which the prescription is dispensed are under common ownership and utilize a common database.
(2) All pharmacies involved in the transactions pursuant to which the prescription is dispensed and all pharmacists engaging in dispensing functions are properly licensed, permitted, or registered in this state or another state.
(3) The common database maintains a record of all pharmacists involved in the process of dispensing a prescription.
(4) The owner of the common database maintains a policy and procedures manual that governs its participating pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy employees and that is available to the board or its agent upon request. The policy and procedures manual shall include the following information:
(a) A best practices model detailing how each pharmacy and each pharmacist accessing the common database will comply with applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
(b) The procedure for maintaining appropriate records for regulatory oversight for tracking a prescription during each stage of the filling and dispensing process, identifying the pharmacists involved in filling and dispensing the prescription and counseling the patient, and responding to any requests for information made by the board under s. 465.0156.
(c) The policy and procedure for providing adequate security to protect the confidentiality and integrity of patient information.
(d) A quality assurance program designed to objectively and systematically monitor, evaluate, and improve the quality and appropriateness of patient care through the use of the common database.
Any pharmacist dispensing a prescription has at all times the right and obligation to exercise his or her independent professional judgment. Notwithstanding other provisions in this section, no pharmacist licensed in this state participating in the dispensing of a prescription pursuant to this section shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of another person participating in the dispensing process provided such person is not under the direct supervision and control of the pharmacist licensed in this state.
History.—s. 2, ch. 2006-243.
Structure Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
465.002 - Legislative Findings; Intent.
465.005 - Authority to Make Rules.
465.006 - Disposition of Fees; Expenditures.
465.007 - Licensure by Examination.
465.0075 - Licensure by Endorsement; Requirements; Fee.
465.009 - Continuing Professional Pharmaceutical Education.
465.012 - Reactivation of License; Continuing Education.
465.0125 - Consultant Pharmacist License; Application, Renewal, Fees; Responsibilities; Rules.
465.0126 - Nuclear Pharmacist License; Application, Renewal, Fees.
465.013 - Registration of Pharmacy Interns.
465.014 - Pharmacy Technician.
465.015 - Violations and Penalties.
465.0155 - Standards of Practice.
465.0156 - Registration of Nonresident Pharmacies.
465.0157 - International Export Pharmacy Permit.
465.0158 - Nonresident Sterile Compounding Permit.
465.016 - Disciplinary Actions.
465.0161 - Distribution of Medicinal Drugs Without a Permit.
465.017 - Authority to Inspect; Disposal.
465.018 - Community Pharmacies; Permits.
465.019 - Institutional Pharmacies; Permits.
465.0193 - Nuclear Pharmacy Permits.
465.0196 - Special Pharmacy Permits.
465.0197 - Internet Pharmacy Permits.
465.022 - Pharmacies; General Requirements; Fees.
465.023 - Pharmacy Permittee; Disciplinary Action.
465.024 - Promoting Sale of Certain Drugs Prohibited.
465.0244 - Information Disclosure.
465.025 - Substitution of Drugs.
465.0251 - Generic Drugs; Removal From Formulary Under Specified Circumstances.
465.0252 - Substitution of Interchangeable Biosimilar Products.
465.0255 - Expiration Date of Medicinal Drugs; Display; Related Use and Storage Instructions.
465.026 - Filling of Certain Prescriptions.
465.0265 - Centralized Prescription Filling.
465.0275 - Emergency Prescription Refill.
465.0276 - Dispensing Practitioner.
465.035 - Dispensing of Medicinal Drugs Pursuant to Facsimile of Prescription.
465.185 - Rebates Prohibited; Penalties.
465.186 - Pharmacist’s Order for Medicinal Drugs; Dispensing Procedure; Development of Formulary.
465.1865 - Collaborative Pharmacy Practice for Chronic Health Conditions.
465.187 - Sale of Medicinal Drugs.
465.188 - Medicaid Audits of Pharmacies.
465.189 - Administration of Vaccines and Epinephrine Autoinjection.
465.1893 - Administration of Antipsychotic Medication by Injection.
465.1895 - Testing or Screening for and Treatment of Minor, Nonchronic Health Conditions.